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JWP for Gabi

Shane Long! We're saved. Davo back alongside Romeu. 2 up front?

Two more terrible passes by Davis in the space of 2 minutes. Just heard the names Tadic and Redmond. Forgot they were playing.

Cracking atmosphere though. Kudos to Hudds fans.

Oh for a player who can actually play that central mid role behind Gabbi.

It's like a bunch of strangers playing who don't know each other's tendencies.

Let me just check my Alpine's Saints Almanac. Yes, we did, last 3 seasons.

Ffs Davis. Not good enough. Edit: the pass, not the corner

Oh Gabi. Straight at him.

MoPe needs to read them the ****ing riot act. They have 45 mins to show him whether or not they want to be in the first 11. Bertrand can sit for McQueen if he's going to pout. Tadic can sit for Boufal. Etc etc. Too many sulking passengers.

Could the VVD thing be effecting them? We look lifeless, devoid of ideas. It's as if we need something positive to happen. A youngster scoring, a formation tweak, a player like Boufal to start showing us what he is capable of. Tadic and Bertrand look depressed. If they are not interested they should sit.

Is it just me or is Cedric utterly overrated?

This is ****ing woeful. We are an utter shambles, no shape. What's the game plan? Forum experts said it was Puel and his boring the team to death, what's the issue now?

That Redmond miss is doubly bad, had he buried that put it'd have knocked the stuffing out of them. They look fearless. We desperately need a goal.

Mounie looks like a cert to score in this game. We need to impose ourselves and get one of our own.

Tadic needs to put his mark on the game and start pulling the strings like we know he can do (but hasn't done for a while).

Pretty scrappy game. Not settled down yet.

Really loud, great atmosphere. Well done Hudds fans!

Much better now that Hudds adrenaline has tapered off.

What a misssss. Should be ahead.

Terrible so far, come on Saints.

We can hold on to him without letting him rot. After Sept 1st he can either 1) refuse to play, 2) get back training and try and win his spot back. Then we sell next summer. That way, we don't get seen as a pushover and a player will have to decide what they want to do to get their move elsewhere when it is fine by us.

Doesn't mean he wasn't badly injured. I've had a few and been able to run them off for a few minutes because the adrenaline and enkephalins (natural pain relievers) released following the injury will help a little. After you have walked or even jogged off those chemicals return to baseline levels and tissue inflammation really starts to kick in. I've jogged off the field injured and then barely been able to walk after the game is over and spent months rehabbing an injury.

I'd say neither. MoPe needs to establish his midfield 3 based on form and attitude in training. No one should get preferential treatment. They were both poor lately so they sit until they get another chance to be in the XI. Then it is up to them to stay in the team. Hopefully MoPe can get more out if them and they become fixtures in the team.

The worst part of last night's result was mentioned by someone in this thread. We no longer have these games to give the fringe players a run out. That means more unhappy players.